Suited and booted for a night out on the town

[venta]

Hurrah for whoever TfL commissioned to do their advert for Notting Hill Carnival. I think it's inspired, and clever, and rather endearing all at the same time.

For those who haven't seen it in the wild in a tube station, there's a small version on TfL's page about the carnival.

I think it looks better - and a bit less awkward - at poster size. But even so. Hurrah. I like it.

Comments

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

That made me giggle the first time I saw it. I love the idea of drab, quotidien London garbing itself in tropical splendour for a day.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Ooh, no, I find that a bit creepy. Like the pigeon has killed the parrot and is wearing its skin as a mask, a la Ed Gein.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Ewww!

Certainly in the poster-size version, the parrot-skin looks as if it's made from acrylic, so is clearly a costume rather than a dead skin mask :)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

"Put the lotion in the basket!"

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

I don't see how I could possibly tell whether the pigeon is putting the parrot costume on or taking it off, but it looks to me as if it's taking it off, probably with Wallace just out of shot, saying "Good grief! It's you!".

Clearly it should be putting the costume on, and presumably that's what they're going for, and what everyone else sees, but it just doesn't look right to me.

To their credit, taking it off will be right after the event, so the posters can continue to make sense until they're taken down.